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Ann Bartow
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Big fan of free speech and academic freedom. Strongly recommend avoiding UNH Franklin Pierce Law until change to less toxic leadership and more positive student treatment. She/her or gender neutral pronouns.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 8h
One woman said her father called in June to say he was going to be paroled after serving 20 years for car theft.

Then in September, she got another call: He was instead being transferred to await deportation.

It was the last time she heard from him.

With @veritenews.org
Louisiana Made It Nearly Impossible to Get Parole. Now It’s Releasing Prisoners to Deport Them.
Gov. Jeff Landry eliminated parole for prisoners arrested after Aug. 1, 2024, and tightened eligibility rules for those already in prison. Then he set all of that aside for one group: undocumented imm...
www.propublica.org

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Ann M. Lipton @annmlipton.bsky.social · 9h
heh

www.wsj.com/world/leaked...
Leaked U.S.-Russia Call Sets Off Global Game of Clue: Who Did It—And Why?
Diplomats and amateur sleuths are chasing questions of means and motive, including who had the capacity to eavesdrop on a call between top officials and who would benefit the most from leaking the con...
www.wsj.com

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cnn.com
CNN @cnn.com · 9h
Archaeologists say a 3D model of a centuries-old quarry of unfinished stone head statues on Easter Island offers new clues about how these monuments were made and the Polynesian society that brought them into being. https://cnn.it/4okaqZC

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Ann Bartow @annbartow.bsky.social · 10h
I miss poser.
coachfinstock.bsky.social Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 10h
I personally miss book. That boy was bookin. Had to book home.

Is he fast?
Yeah he books
ryanboyd.bsky.social Holiday Ryan @ryanboyd.bsky.social · 10h
Very few people get crunk or throwed anymore

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 10h
I personally miss book. That boy was bookin. Had to book home.

Is he fast?
Yeah he books
ryanboyd.bsky.social Holiday Ryan @ryanboyd.bsky.social · 10h
Very few people get crunk or throwed anymore

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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 11h
Private fundraising for presidential transitions and inaugural galas is an invitation to patronage and corruption.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Donors to Trump’s Transition Revealed a Year Later
A 46-person list includes billionaires and people he went on to appoint to positions of power.
www.nytimes.com

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Frank Pasquale @frankpasquale.bsky.social · 11h
“When we can no longer immediately assume any of the media we encounter was made by a human, the act of using social media or browsing the web is transformed into a never-ending procession of existential double-takes.”
www.404media.co/slop-evader-...
'Slop Evader' Lets You Surf the Web Like It’s 2022
Artist Tega Brain is fighting the internet’s enshittification by turning back the clock to before ChatGPT existed.
www.404media.co

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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 14h
"The history books will look back on what the country lost by not having a televised trial before November 2024 and historians will wonder what Fani Willis was thinking. And they'll just scratch their heads," Kreis, a law professor, told The Guardian… www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
Fani Willis was the only one to seriously go after Trump over Jan 6 — and she blew it
Willis had her eye on the ball early, but a stunning error of judgement ‘stabbed the case right in the heart’, John Bowden writes.
www.the-independent.com

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Jennifer Hendricks @jenniferhendricks.bsky.social · 14h
Oh come the fuck on.

"A conspiracy theory still thrives among some in Trump’s base that Epstein knew the names of other rich or powerful pedophiles."
FBI’s Frantic Scramble to Redact Epstein Files Revealed
A trove of emails shows all-nighters and almost $1 million in overtime as Trumpworld debated releasing the Epstein files.
www.thedailybeast.com

Reposted by Mark A. Lemley, Michael W. Kraus, Ann Bartow

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Heidi Kitrosser @heidikitrosser.bsky.social · 15h
Don't cave, Northwestern, fight!

dailynorthwestern.com/2025/10/29/o...
Opinion | NU AAUP Dispatches: It’s time to take the Trump Administration to court
Opinion Contributor Prof. Heidi Kitrosser discusses how Northwestern should respond to funding freezes by the Trump Administration.
dailynorthwestern.com

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 15h
fuck you

the memories of a generation lost because of Reagan's homophobia will not be erased

i think we should do something in DC that would make david wojnarowicz proud tbh
If I die of aids forget burial just drop my body on the steps of the FDA

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arstechnica.com
Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 15h
Solar’s growth in US almost enough to offset rising energy use
Over the course of 2025, electricity demand has gradually declined.
arstechnica.com

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 17h
Secretary Pete Hegseth, a Princeton graduate, was unable to comprehend that photographs create mirror images of their subjects. Here's why affirmative action has lowered the standards of Ivy League admissions.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 18h
Miss Piggy FTW

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 20h
This is the scandal. Trump isn’t targeting dangerous people. He’s targeting peaceful immigrants. Almost exclusively.

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Miami DSA @miamidsa.org · 21h
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷

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Amanda Tepski @tepski.tech · 1d
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
Prosecutor Used Flawed A.I. to Keep a Man in Jail, His Lawyers Say
www.nytimes.com

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Mechele Dickerson @mecheledickerson.bsky.social · 1d
I note in this piece (& explain in more detail in my forthcoming book) that young adults are anxious & angry because they are struggling financially. Many wonder whether they will ever become (much less remain) middle class. businessinsider.com/millennial-e... via
@businessinsider.com
Why millennials don't feel richer than boomers — even though they are
Rich millennials are doing OK, but they feel terrible about their finances and the economy. They're comparing themselves to peers and boomer parents.
businessinsider.com

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myfox8.com
FOX8 WGHP @myfox8.com · 1d
Trump says he’d ‘rather not’ extend Affordable Care Act subsidies
Trump says he’d ‘rather not’ extend Affordable Care Act subsidies
President Trump on Tuesday said he would prefer not to extend Affordable Care Act subsidies that are set to expire at the end of the year, but acknowledged it may be necessary to reach an agreement…
myfox8.com

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 1d
This is true whether AI is used or not.

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Nate Raymond @nateraymond.bsky.social · 1d
New: A federal judge in California ruled that Trump's administration cannot impose mandatory detention on thousands of migrants held by U.S. immigration authorities nationally without first giving them an opportunity to seek release on bond. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
www.reuters.com

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Rebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social · 1d
Cowlitz comedian Joey Clift has a new animated short–Pow! follows a young Native kid at a bustling intertribal powwow. The short includes lessons in Native activism and even uses actual audio from the Dakota Access Pipeline protests. Watch it here:
Pow!
Pow! is an animated short film about Jake, a young Native American kid scrambling to charge his dying video game console at a bustling Coastal Salish intertribal powwow, where he learns that loving…
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Chris Becke (aka BeckePhysics) @chrisbecke.bsky.social · 1d
Among my favorites:
Twitter exchange: Stephen King (@StephenKing) No, coronavirus is NOT like THE STAND. It's not anywhere near as serious. It's eminently survivable. Keep calm and take all reasonable precautions. Sporty Ball Fan (@StevieMichaelD1) Replying to @StephenKing And how the hell would you know?! Did you even read that book? 6:37 PM 3/8/20

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 1d
At this point, the Washpost edit page is just trolling its readers.

This is today's actual house editorial.
Opinion Editorial Board Thankful for paper towels Holiday travelers deserve better than inadequate and unsanitary hand dryers.

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Perry Bacon @perrybaconjr.bsky.social · 1d
"My mentor always tells me, 'Kim, dogs don’t bark at parked cars." They’re coming after critical race theory, 1619, intersectionality because these ideas mobilized people. They gave them the language to actually articulate what they were seeing with their own eyes," says Kimberlé Crenshaw.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 1d
we're going to win
carlquintanilla.bsky.social Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d
Page One in Cincinnati:

“.. I need to be able to look my grandkids in the eye and say I did not remain silent.”

#ICE

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Gady Epstein @gadyepstein.bsky.social · 1d
“We’ve tried to not have to do it, but we've got direct orders,” the masked ICE agents told them www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/i...
"I asked for their names. They didn't give me their full names," Hestmark recalled of the agents. "They didn't show me their badge numbers. They didn't remove their masks. They simply said, 'We have a warrant for his arrest, and they handed me a QR code, and they put my husband in handcuffs. And they took him and said I couldn't follow." "She was just stunned," Paul said. "She kept asking what was wrong, what did we do? We'd done everything right." "We kept asking them if there was something we could do, if there was any way we could keep her from being separated from the family," he continued. We’re just trying to figure out what's happening, and they're just telling us, I'm sorry. We’ve tried to not have to do it, but we've got direct orders."| • "I had to take my baby, our baby, from his crying mother's arms," Paul said. "We were completely shocked, and I feel like we were tricked," Hestmark said. "We went through every possible legal and appropriate channel. We followed the advice of our lawyer. We were told that our case was straight forward." "He just wanted to be part of this country and for us to start our future together. And he wanted to do it… "Tom isn't in the system. I can't find him," Hestmark said. "I can't call him. I can't put money into his account. The lawyer doesn't know how to proceed because he hasn't been charged with anything." Both said their spouses were able to call them Thursday night, and they believed they were still being held in the basement of the federal building as of Friday afternoon. "She said that she was scared. She was anxious, missed her baby. She just wants to come home," Paul said. "She said the agents themselves were in the detention down in the basement of the federal building, saying, What are we doing here? These aren't the sort of people were supposed to be arresting.” "They hadn't given him anything to eat or any information," Hestmark said. "They gave him a mat and a foil blanket to sleep on." As she was detailing his arrest Friday afternoon, Bilger called Hestmark again from detention. She said he told her they had moved him to the Otay Mesa Detention Center and back but he hadn't slept and still hadn't been processed. "My wife's alone and terrified," Paul said. "My baby doesn't have his mom to hold him. I can't work right…

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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 1d
All DOGE accomplished was purging critical government staff, handing private data to outsiders, and sentencing thousands in developing countries to death by gutting USAID.

I don’t say this lightly: if there were any justice in this world, the people responsible for this devastation would be in jail
DOGE 'doesn't exist' with eight months left on its charter
U.S. President Donald Trump's Department of Government Efficiency has disbanded with eight months left to its mandate.
www.cnbc.com

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pissed-off-g.bsky.social @pissed-off-g.bsky.social · 1d
If the admin was confident these boat strikes were legal, they wouldn’t be sidelining all their lawyers.

Instead, they’re demanding unlawful U.S. military strikes and pushing the U.S. into a reckless and open-ended conflict.